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Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
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Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
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Teen
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One way isn't better than the other they're just different.
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Nothing is ever perfect. It is what you make of it.
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His loyalty, so fierce and unwavering, makes my eyes water and heart ache.
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